I have data in a pipeline from which I want to create an array of arrays like, for example:
(a, XXa), (b, XXb), (c, XXc)
I don't want to use a pre-declared multi-dimensional array because it is messy and I don't know in advance how big it will need to be.
This code does not work - is gives a length of 6
$arrayOfArrays = ("a","b","c") | %{($_, "XX$_")}
# Check if it worked:
"arrayOfArrays[2] = " + $arrayOfArrays[2]
"Length = " + $arrayOfArrays.length
This code works but it is messy:
$tmp = @(1)
$arrayOfArrays = @()
("a","b","c") | %{ $tmp[0] = ($_, "XX$_"); $arrayOfArrays += $tmp;}
# Check if it worked:
"arrayOfArrays[2] = " + $arrayOfArrays[2]
"Length = " + $arrayOfArrays.length
Is there a better way?
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